Category Archives: Article

How We Think About Storage.. The Storage Spectrum. Is Storing Pu’erh at a Constant 70RH in a Box OK?

Posted on February 23, 2019 by

Pumidors are bad. Sealed storage is bad. No airflow is bad, you’re suffocating the tea. Too much airflow is bad, you’ll suck out the aroma. Your tea is drying out. Heated storage is bad. Other than a few select controversial … Continue reading →

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Shop Like It’s 2012. One Way to Think About and Find Value.

Posted on February 9, 2019 by

I got into tea in 2012. One of the first things I did was read everything I could in the western tea scene. This included old forum posts, new forum posts, blogs like Marshaln, Half-Dipper and the Chadao Blogspot. One … Continue reading →

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Datapost: 2018 Pu’erh Prices are More of the Same

Posted on January 26, 2019 by

About a year ago, I used the Way Back Machine/Archive.org to go back and examine the prices at conception of tea from western vendors since 2011. This was a valuable exercise and produced some interesting findings on a range of … Continue reading →

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Five More Things I Like & Dislike. Western Storage = Humid? YT Videos @ 1.5-2x Speed. Binghole Samples.

Posted on January 12, 2019 by

Things I like & dislike.

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2018 Tea & TeaDB Reflections

Posted on December 31, 2018 by

2018 has been a year where I’ve continued to settle into regular habits of drinking my own tea rather than a year of exploration. I still very much enjoy drinking tea and have it at least once daily but the hobby … Continue reading →

Posted in Aged Oolong, Article, Oolong, Raw Pu'erh, Ripe Pu'erh | 4 Comments

Old Tea: 1967 Baozhong

Posted on December 15, 2018 by

I picked up this tea from a vendor in Taiwan in 2017. Generally speaking, I lean skeptical of age and even moreso extreme claims of this extent. But I spent considerable time with this vendor and trust them more than … Continue reading →

Posted in Aged Oolong, Article, Drinking Report, Low-Elevation Oolong, Oolong, Taiwanese Oolong | 1 Comment

Why Storage Advice from Humid Parts of East Asia isn’t Always Very Useful for the West

Posted on December 1, 2018 by

Storage: keep in cool, clean, dry, ventilated, no peculiar smell, no pollutant, no direct sunlight place. This sort of advice is common. It’s especially prevalent when looking at vendor descriptions on ebay or amazon or whatever. For a novice it all … Continue reading →

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Five More Things I Like & Dislike. Heicha is Overly Broad, XXL Home Storage Setups, Vendors Speaking Out.

Posted on October 20, 2018 by

Things I like & dislike.

Posted in Aged Pu'erh, Article, Hunan Heicha, Liuan Heicha, Raw Pu'erh, Ripe Pu'erh | 13 Comments

Advice I’d Give to Someone Just Starting With Pu’erh

Posted on October 6, 2018 by

One good thing about TeaDB is it encompaseses a large chunk of Denny and my tea journey. This includes when we were new and fresh in the western tea world and while it results in some early embarrassing episodes, it also … Continue reading →

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Correcting Your Storage & Preventing Mold. What are Safe Parameters?

Posted on September 8, 2018 by

So you got mold? This is a real risk for anyone aging pu’erh, especially those with setups designed to add some form of humidity. After you deal with the immediate outbreak, you essentially have two options. Scrap your setup and … Continue reading →

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